From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: Status of sendfile() + HIGHMEM
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 17:03:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C058970.4050109@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3C058875.1392B3AC@mandrakesoft.com
Jeff Garzik wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" wrote:
>
>>zeus.kernel.org is currently running with HIGHMEM turned off, since it
>>crashed due to an unfortunate interaction between sendfile() and HIGHMEM
>>-- this was using 2.4.10-ac4 or thereabouts.
>>
>>The current zeus.kernel.org has 1 GB of RAM, however, it looks like we're
>>going to get a 6 GB machine donated. Clearly HIGHMEM is going to be
>>necessary (still an x86 machine, unfortunately), and I wanted to ask if it
>>was believed that these problems had been worked out...
>>
>
> Get a 64-bit machine and forget about doing >32bits on a 32-bit machine
> :)
>
You're right, of course. Unfortunately, beggars can't be choosers. :(
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-29 1:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-28 23:49 Status of sendfile() + HIGHMEM H. Peter Anvin
2001-11-29 0:59 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-11-29 1:03 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-11-29 1:54 ` Andrew Morton
2001-11-29 2:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
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